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E. M. ROSENTHAL. DISPLAY GLOVE CASE.

No. 489,691. Patented Jan. '10, l893.

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EMANUEL M. ROSENTI-IAL, OF FORT \VAYN E, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ALEXANDER MERGENTI-IEIM, OF SAME PLACE.

DISPLAY GLOVE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,691, dated January 10, 1893.

Application filed September 6, 1892. Serial No. 445,186. (No model.)

T0 or whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL M. ROSENTHAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen, in the State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Glove- Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in glove-cases used by merchants to hold and display gloves, and has special adaptability to the display of kid gloves and gloves of similar material.

Its objects are to provide an improved case which shall hold separated from each other, a given number of gloves and permit their display without handling or disarrangement, second, to provide a label holder therefor which shall hold a label removably in position on the case to be easily read when the case lies in a drawer or other receptacle, and third, to provide means to close or look the case when not in use. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the glove case open. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the case closed. Fig. 3, is an enlarged plan of the plate. Fig. at. is a cross section of the case, and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the book.

The construction is as follows: The outer cover of the case is made of any suitable material which will afford a rigid bottom and sides. I prefer to use a stiff card board cut in lengths to accommodate the length of the gloves to be inclosed, and then bend it in the shape shown in Fig.4. in crosssection, providing a bottom 1 not less than one inch wide. The bottom and edges or corners 2 formed by the bends, are reinforced by muslin or cloth 3 pasted thereon. I also provide means to close this case so as to hold the gloves securely. Various methods for this purpose will readily suggest themselves. But I prefer a catch of my own construction, made as follows. On one side of the case I attach a spring hook 4,

preferably two, by their arms 5 pivotally to one side of the case. The end of the hook 4. is turned inward to make a lip 6 to engagea projection or recess. On the opposite side of the case I place guard pieces 7, over wh ch the hook moves, to protect the card material from the friction of the hook, and provide means to engage the lip 6. A preferable means is shown and consists in attaching the guard pieces to the side of the cover by an eyelet S, the hole of which forms a recess into which the lip passes and is engaged when 1n place. I also provide a label holder in whlch the label may be held removably. A preferable construction is shown and consists lo cutting out a sheet of metal in the form shown in Fig. 3. The space A. is cutout of the label holder 9 to correspond with the exposed part of the label. The strips 10 are bent under the label part 9 so as to form a slip or clip to hold the label card. The holes 11 are for the purpose of attaching to the side of the cover by eyelets, and the label is bent over at right angles thereto. The width of the label holder 9 is preferably one half inch, because if the hooks 4 are placed at either end of the case as shown, the center part of the sides Wlll bulge out that distance or a trifle more, so that the label holderwill not extend beyond the opposite side.

Inside of the case I provide leaves, preferably as shown in the cross-section Figs. 1 and 2. The number of leaves shown provide six spaces, one for each pair of gloves, whereby they are held separate from each other. If a larger number of gloves are to be held 111 0116 case, more leaves will be added. The width of the leaves corresponds to the width of the gloves, as they come from the shipping case. The width of the back and the rigidness of the joints made by bending the sides of the outer case, hold the whole case in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 when placed on the back on a counter, so that when displaying goods, the gloves do not fall or slide out of the case, but lie in place therein.

I-Ieretofore kid gloves have been kept in packages held by paper bands pinned around them, or fastened bya button. When show ing the goods, it was necessary to take 0d the band and lay them out on the counter, which subjected them to danger from handling. My device avoids this and is much more convenient in exposing the goods to view.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display glove case consisting of an outer cover of stilt material bent in form of a book cover and adapted to rest on the back, leaves of stiff material adapted to inclose separately between them a given number of gloves. Means to fasten the case, consisting of hooks having arms pivotally attached to one side of the case and engaging the other side and a label holder attached to the case in position to display the label when the case is in a drawer or other receptacle.

2. A display glove case consisting of an outer cover of stiff material bent in form of a book cover and adapted to rest on the back: leaves of stiff material adapted to inclose separately between them a given number of gloves: and means to fasten the case consisting of hooks having arms pivotally attached to one side of the case and engaging the other side when closed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, in the presence of two witnesses, this 3d day of September, 1892.

EMANUEL M. ROSENTHAL.

Witnesses:

ALBERT BAKER, O. HARTMAN. 

